> On Mar 12, 2025, at 4:19 PM, Minsoo Choo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> OpenSSL 3.5 LTS alpha has been just released [1]. The expected EOL date of
> OpenSSL 3.0 LTS is September 7th 2026 [2]. FreeBSD 15 is expected to be
> release in December 2025, and FreeBSD 14.5 is expected to be released in
> September 2026. 14-stable will be see its EOL on November 30th, 2028 [3].
>
> Will FreeBSD 15 contain OpenSSL 3.5 LTS in this December? And for 14-stable,
> will it have upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5 LTS before FreeBSD 14.5 or just maintain
> 3.0 LTS with our own bug/security fixes until 14-stable's end-of-life date?
>
> [1] https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/tag/openssl-3.5.0-alpha1
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL#Major_version_releases
> [3] https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup
Hi Minsoo,
It makes sense to upgrade to 3.5 on CURRENT, but I don’t think we can
do that on STABLE branches because of ABI/KBI compatibility guarantees.
Cheers,
-Enji
